_____& Whip It

In this book, Den Drijver tries to come to grips with the ever-accelerating world of digital image circulation and consumption by combining her own contemplative photographs with adaptations of images from the public domain. She questions whether quiet reflection is still possible given the current inflation of the image and information. Can one still process information without jostling one’s identity? What do authorship and (intellectual) property mean in the context of an overcharged information economy? Through its tight image selection, flowing editing, and juxtapositions of photographs and collage works, _____& Whip It offers an artistic reflection on the aforementioned questions and provokes new ones. What do the recurring animals, hands, and eyes have to do with this? Why is there so much water to be seen?